Psalm 32, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 and Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

The parables of Jesus are prominent in the middle chapters of Luke. The one about the lost son is perhaps the most memorable to most of us. Poignant and painful because we know it happens today as in every age. And perhaps we know it all too personally!

What’s also interesting is the wide range of the audience who first heard this parable: tax collectors, sinners (?), Pharisees, teachers of the law. And the parable’s list includes a son, father, older brother, and servants! And then there is us!

What, if anything new, can be discovered in this story of a family struggling and in recovering relationships? Sunday we will look at the cast of this human/spiritual drama and see who and what is going on! Can it still speak a fresh Word of God to us who are within the family of God?

As Paul instructs in the II Corinthians passage, we do well when we “regard no one from a worldly point of view” but rather from the way Christ sees us.

That should help us a lot as we hear the ever endearing Parable of the Prodigal! Yes, we and those we relate with are ever within that story!

Blessings as you hear this Word!

Pastor Barry †